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Re: headlights timing [lecci]

by imidazol97 on Mon Nov 10 06:50:39 PST 2008

Left of the two headlight buttons for headlights and parking, there is a vertical slider. It's labeled Twilight, meaning twilight sentinel that keeps the headlights on. Move it down and that shortens the on time to about 5 seconds. If you are sittting with the headlights on and want them to go off, push it to the bottom and it turns the lights off immediately. They will turn back on when the car is put into park. Move the slider to the top and they should stay on for about 5 minutes. BTW if you just leave the headlight switch pushed in (if you're doing it manually) the car turns everything off in about 10 minutes--inside lights, radio, lights, cigarette lighter power (unless you moved the fuse in the underhood fuse block to make them stay on permanently). You also may not know that if you are driving or sitting and want the headlights off but the parking lights to stay on, push the Parking LIghts button. That turns the headlights off. I didn't find that for a while because our 98 LeSabre didn't have any way to turn off the headlights while cruising through a Christmas display scene in a park where many people turn off the headlights to help the effect of the colored lights.

1997 AURORA

by jeff8789 on Thu Oct 16 17:45:18 PDT 2008

97 AURORA...NO PARKING/DASH LIGHTS...I HAVE CHECKED FUSES,REPLACED DIRECTIONAL/HEADLIGHT SWITCH,SENTINEL BARREL SWITCHES...HEADLIGHTS,4-WAY'S,DIRECTIONALS AND BRAKE LIGHTS WORK FINE....IS THERE A RELAY THAT CONROLS PARKING LIGHTS ? JEFF

Re: Camry Automatic '09 CE 17k [rcrbulk]

by ricoucf on Sat Aug 30 11:16:18 PDT 2008

I only can give you the the dealer was Central Florida toyota. You can PM me to give you the name of the person (the forum does not want people's name). I saw the ad at Orlando Sentinel on Sunday, but you have to make sure the car in the ad is in stock.

Re: New info on 09 Fit including pricing [kittyworld]

by kittyworld on Thu Aug 14 09:33:07 PDT 2008

Ok, someone else posted the same article on the Fitfreak site so I just copied and pasted the contents here: Auto review: 2009 Honda Fit Sport By FRANK A. AUKOFER Special to the Journal Sentinel Posted: Aug. 5, 2008 The automobile business is all about predicting the future. With development time for a new model of four or five years, decisions are made on the best information available at the time. Still, it can be a crap shoot. When Honda introduced its entry-level Fit in 2006, big pickup trucks and truck-based sport utility vehicles were riding high. The Fit was viewed as a mildly interesting vehicle for a small niche of buyers. Despite that, in typical Honda fashion, the little car--it already had developed a reputation in foreign markets as the Honda Jazz--had practical appeal beyond its small size: outstanding fuel economy, good handling and an interior that could be configured in a variety of ways for people and cargo. More than one evaluator called it "the Swiss Army knife of automobiles." With escalating fuel prices, the Fit's niche ballooned and Honda's decision to sell it in the United States looked prescient. Fits rolled off dealers' lots as soon as they rolled in. Never one to rest on its laurels, Honda sends a new, slightly larger and more expensive, more powerful and refined Fit for 2009. Though marketed as an entry-level subcompact, the new Fit has the interior volume of a compact car, and is not far from mid-size in terms of its interior accommodations. Newly styled, with a racier appearance and a more complicated rear end, the Fit is five inches longer than the original. It weighs about 120 pounds more, but does not gain much in interior space--just one cubic foot. One feature--the ability to flop the passenger-side seats to make a bed--is gone because surveys showed owners weren't using it. Nevertheless, the Swiss Army knife analogy continues. The back seats can be easily flipped and flopped into a variety of configurations to carry tall objects as well as long ones. The back seat gets a bit more knee and hip room, and the seatbacks recline to provide more comfortable seating. There's enough room in the outboard positions to keep adults from complaining unduly on longer trips, though the center-rear position is cramped and should be reserved for occasional use. Up front, the bucket seats, covered in a sturdy cloth, are big and comfortable, with good thigh support. The steering wheel tilts and telescopes, which makes it easy for people of different sizes to find a comfortable driving position. Safety equipment includes side air bags and side-curtain air bags, antilock brakes, electronic brake distribution and tire-pressure monitoring. But it does not include traction control, which Honda calls VSA, or vehicle stability assist. VSA is available, but only if you order the satellite navigation system, an unusual option in this class of car. The combination, available only on the Fit Sport, costs an additional $1,850. Air conditioning is standard, as are power windows, mirrors and door locks, and a stereo system with CD changer, MP3 capability and an audio device input jack. Unfortunately, XM satellite radio is not available. If you want it, you'll have to buy an aftermarket unit. One odd shortcoming is the sun visors. They're small and don't adequately block the sun from the side. Honda solves this problem on other models by simply enabling the visors to slide on their support rods, but not on the Fit's. There are three Fit models: the base car, with a five-speed manual gearbox, starts at $15,220. It has steel wheels with wheel covers and does not have cruise control or map lights. The five-speed automatic transmission costs an additional $800, but does not have the steering-wheel mounted paddle shifters that come with the automatic on the Fit Sport model. The Fit Sport, which Honda expects will account for about seven of 10 Fit sales, starts at $16,730 with the stick shift. The automatic transmission, with the manual-shift mode and the paddle shifters, is $850 extra. If you want the VSA and the navigation system, the sticker price is $18,580. Check the box for the automatic transmission and the suggested delivered price comes to $19,430. You can't spend any more unless you order dealer-installed accessories. On the road, the Fit exhibits a quiet, supple, compliant ride and precise handling. It's no sports sedan but it can carve corners with a lot of more expensive machinery. Acceleration is adequate, accompanied by some engine roar at high engine revolutions. The five-speed manual, in typical Honda fashion, shifts effortlessly, and the Sport model's automatic transmission paddle shifters provide an extra driving dimension, especially to hold a gear on twisting mountain roads. Honda expects to sell about 85,000 Fits annually. If the current trend toward small cars continues, it appears to have a solid future. "At Honda, we always recognize times like this as an opportunity for growth," says Dan Bonawitz, the vice president for corporate planning and logistics. "We generally grow two to three percent in both up and down markets. Our business strategy is more like the tortoise than the hare." So far at least, that tactic seems to work better than consulting futurists or soothsayers. Side bar content: Model: 2009 Honda Fit Sport four-door hatchback. Engine: 1.5-liter four-cylinder, 117 horsepower. Transmission: Five-speed automatic with manual-shift mode. Overall length: 13 feet 6 inches. EPA passenger/cargo volume: 91/21 cubic feet. Weight: 2,604 pounds. EPA city/highway fuel consumption: 27/33 miles per gallon. Base price, including destination charge: $17,580. Base dealer cost: $16,983. Price as tested: $17,580.

Heads-up and sunroof

by coblur on Sun Jun 22 20:31:11 PDT 2008

Hey Guys, I just found an awesome 97 SSEI. 76,000 miles, nicely loaded , leather. I got the car after it sat abandoned for 5 years. A battery, tires and condenser and it's a sweet ride! The problems I have are minor, I can't figure out how to switch the heads up to MPH instead on KPH. When I open the sun roof, I have to give it a shove or it makes a "rat a tat noise" and stays shut, the shove gets it moving and it opens and closes fine. I also can't get the lights to go off any sooner than 3 minutes. I have turned the "twilight sentinel" to min, but it makes no difference. I'm also trying find ways to get the correct fobs for the factory car starter and doors, all I got with the car was a single ignition key. I've seen the programmable fobs on e-bay for the door. Any help would be GREAT!

Re: You can't win... [lemko]

by xrunner2 on Fri Jun 13 08:27:03 PDT 2008

Stanley Wang, 67, of the 500 block of Sentinel Road, was traveling east on Main Street around 12:20 p.m. when the driver of a parked Dodge Dakota pick-up truck opened his door. Wang struck the door and was knocked him from his bike into the street. In defense of dead bicyclist, he was in the "right" according to the "Rules of the Road" in my state. It says: "After parking and before opening vehicle doors, a motorist should first check for bicyclists". Wonder if the former general counsel was riding to work in his current job to save on gasoline or was just out pleasure riding. Seems like bicyclists have extra difficulty these days in anticipating driver's doors suddenly opening on them, given the amount of vehicles with tinted/shaded glass. Bikers can't see if a driver inside or not.